Discover the best new songs released in May 2024. May was in full bloom with new music releases. We selected over 100 songs on our monthly best songs playlist! Most of these tracks were selected from our submission playlist, and many received full-page editorials. All of them are worthy of a listen! Check them out below and press play.
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Best New Songs Released in May 2024
| Track Name | Artist Name(s) |
| Howling at Wolves | Stephen Sanchez |
| The Last Year | Jessica Pratt |
| No One Noticed | The Marías |
| 1992 | Xiuhtezcatl |
| Can’t Be Still | illuminati hotties |
| But I’ll Wait For You | Local Natives |
| Hold Me (feat. PawPaw Rod & Knucks) | Nascent,PawPaw Rod,Knucks |
| Asha The First | Kamasi Washington,Thundercat,Taj Austin,Ras Austin |
| Galbi | Saint Levant |
| Gemini | Angélica Garcia |
| Hella Bass | Black Caviar,G.L.A.M. |
| Got Me Like | BIIANCO |
| In The Morning | Say She She |
| Los Angeles | Joel Jerome,Paloma Parfrey |
| Lovers In A Past Life (with Rag’n’Bone Man) – LP Giobbi Remix | Calvin Harris,Rag’n’Bone Man,LP Giobbi |
| The Gambler | Abstract Crimewave,Lykke Li |
| Going In Circles | GIFT |
| Throw Some Ass | Sofi Tukker |
| Nail Biter | Hyper Minds |
| Red, White and Blue | Firebug |
| Shame | Philine Sonny,Miya Folick |
| Any Day Now | Kate Bollinger |
| Crazy | slo/tide |
| ‘Til The End Of The Show | Æ MAK |
| Steady As I Am | John Glacier |
| Echo | The Marías |
| what i need | Amindi |
| Tangerine – L.A. Sunset | Death Hags |
| purgatory | leo popstar |
| Pleasure On My Mind – Edit | Marie Davidson |
| Every Time the Sun Comes Up – Alternate Version | Sharon Van Etten |
| En Amour, Pt. 1 | Laurent Bardainne,November Ultra |
| Maktub | Belly,Elyanna,MC Abdul |
| mad girl’s love song | Under The Rug |
| All A Mystery | Phantogram |
| where did all my friends go? – demo | midnight dive |
| RATATATA | BABYMETAL,Electric Callboy |
| Greatest of All | Corserine |
| where is your pride? | Moby,Benjamin Zephaniah |
| For God’s Sake | ZEBEDEE |
| Organized Chaos | MisterWives |
| Instinctive Exit | CARRÉ |
| Only You | Wynona |
| Feel Okay | MarMar |
| Medusa’s Son | Cindë |
| numb | Julia-Sophie |
| Compromise | Josef Scott |
| Blind Eye | Goldie Scott |
| To Be Alright | AURORA |
| Messy | Lola Young |
| Death & Romance | Magdalena Bay |
| The Groke | Okay Kaya |
| unruly | Dua Saleh,serpentwithfeet |
| Bad Eyes | brookelen |
| When You Come To LA | Superfan |
| Amantes – Poolside Remix | León Larregui,Poolside |
| Linger – SiriusXM Session | Royel Otis |
| Baroudeh | Belly,Saint Levant |
| Honeycrash | SASAMI |
| Cyclops | Finom |
| Viva tu | Manu Chao |
| Sexy to Someone | Clairo |
| Take A Bite | beabadoobee |
| Confusion Song | Luna Li |
| Always Forever | Romy |
| Thank You for Leaving | Sports,Gus Dapperton |
| Right Now | RNJ |
| Ghazal | Mike Casey |
| GENESIS | Late Night Therapy |
| Buttercup | Gia Ransome |
| Love Spell | Transviolet |
| MOVE! | j.aaron |
| middle name | cailyn kratzer |
| When it Rain | Jorge. |
| Cita Soñada | El Larra |
| intention | ROSIN |
| Dead Weight | Kaleia |
| I’m A Cloud Now | The Dead Tongues |
| The Last One | Emily Vadala |
| Twilight Living | Superfan |
| Rainy | PawPaw Rod |
| Parachute (feat. Rachel Chinouriri) | Shimza,Rachel Chinouriri |
| let’s never let this fade | leo popstar |
| cult classic (feat. Vayda) | Amindi,Vayda |
| SMOKE & MIRRORS | SONNY,Dreamer Isioma,Senite |
| En Amour, Pt. 2 | Laurent Bardainne,November Ultra |
| Hiatus | ÄTNA |
| Truth Is so Loud | Ambar Lucid |
| Eating Heartache (feat. spill tab) | Cosmo’s Midnight,spill tab |
| Madriz Madriz | Delaporte |
| Domodachi (feat. Little Simz) | RM,Little Simz |
| I Was A Sailor | Miike Snow |
| la manera que me ves | Estevie |
| I Am The Void | Lamusa II,Marie Davidson |
| DiosaStyle | Debi Nova,Goyo,Jarina De Marco |
| Bull on a Chain | Jagged Baptist Club |
| The Big Light | Annie May |
| Lot’s Wife | Kaleb Rudy |
| wish you well | min.a |
| Applause | Night Talks |
| The Feeling Never Lasts | Kate Brunotts |
| Lucy Takes a Picture | Youth Lagoon |
| Don’t Mind Me | Con Brio |
| U Should Not Be Doing That | Amyl and The Sniffers |
| Found a Job | The Linda Lindas |
| It’s My World – DOSIOPATH Remix | Deap Vally,Dosiopath |
| Run | Madison McFerrin,Bobby McFerrin |
| Pesada | Las Nubes |
| CHIHIRO | Billie Eilish |
| Cold Read | M. Vaughan |
| Red Tiger | Max Blansjaar |
| Stereo – 中文版 | Baobei |
| Duérmete Clavel – Mzclbr Remix | BUDAYA,MZCLBR |
| Around | daste. |
| Dispose of Me | Omar Apollo |
| Baby Blue Bathing Suit | Stephen Sanchez |
| poltergeist | aortx,Someplace, Somewhere |
| Wasting Time | Raue |
| Swamp | Jean Dawson |
| Forever Young | Henry Morris |
| DINI MAAK (GUITAR REGGEA) | 3ienbeatz,Elyanna |
| He Loves Us Both (feat. H.E.R.) | Lila Iké,H.E.R. |
| blu | Girl Ultra |
| Lobster Telephone – Full Length | Peggy Gou |
| VIOLETS | Teardux |
| Retrograde | Babe Rainbow |
| Barrio Hustle | Hermanos Gutiérrez |
| My Bile | Kate Nash |
| My Idol | Jordana,Paul Cherry |
| Do You Like Me Now? | Cinnamon Babe,Love Ghost |
| Let’s Do It | Æ MAK |
| LA DURANGO | Peso Pluma,Junior H,Eslabon Armado |
| Same Cloth | Leah Jane |
| Change of Scenery | Hannah Bug |
| Concave | Nick Andre,Jazz Mafia |
| Michigan | Tasha |
| Soon | TR/ST |
| Lost Changes | Beth Gibbons |
| Sweet Nothings | Otlo |
| It’s My World | Deap Vally |
| Time on Our Hands, Spider-Man | My Best Unbeaten Brother |
| Echa Pa’lla | La MiO |
| USE ME | Midnight Pool Party |
| (daughter) | pocket mouse |
| Until They’re Home | Scott Guild |
| The End | Leila Sunier |
| If Only | The Marías |
| Fame or Fortune | Stephen Sanchez |
| Witness | Adelide |
| Be My Own Man | Golden Vessel,Headaches |
| Le Départ – Feat. Durand Bernarr | Adi Oasis,Durand Bernarr |
| Laps in the Drugstore | Jess Cornelius |
| Make It Go Wow | PUBLIC NOISE,Jarina De Marco |
| Nada es para siempre | DJ TEE,Ana Tijoux |
| Moving Day | Samara Cyn |
| HIND’S HALL | Macklemore |
| weird | Pomme |
| Time Will Tell | Aaron Frazer |
| Freak | Jelani Rose |
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